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Show Plan Is to Bar Navigation Naviga-tion of the Waters, Bombard Southern England En-gland and Then Begin Negotiations for Peace. LOSS OF 3,000,000 MEN IS ADMITTED Spoliation of Russia to Occupy the Attention of the Teutons if They Are Able to Put a Stop to Hostilities. COPENHAGEN, May .14. The fleic-maDa fleic-maDa are still of tho belief that they will be able to reach the English channel chan-nel coast, bar navigation of the waters and bombard southern Kngland, and that then it will be easy to begin peace negotiations, according to an intorview the Politiken has had with a prominent German politician, a member of the reichstag, who requested that his name be not used. He added that the Gorman Gor-man offensive thus far had proved a failuro, owing to heavy losses, and that the Gennau high command was waiting wait-ing to obtain more artillery. Germany had lost in lulled, wounded aud made prisoner 3,000,000 men, ho added. EXPECT TO REACH THE NORTH COAST. Answering questions about the opin ion of the reichstag main committee on tho situation on the western front and tho end of the war, the newspaper's informant said: "We still believe, according to messages mes-sages from our military leaders, that wo shall reach the north coast, where our guns can bar navigation of the channel and firo at south England. It is suggested from tbo German side thai with this another course of the war will commence, and, as far as Q-ermanj is concerned, it will be very easy to start armistice negotiations as, despite all assertions, wo do not aim at any COS qucring. Wa want neither tho mine 'list riots at Lorraine's west frontier nor Ant werp. ADMIT LOSSES OF 3,000,000 MEN. "We have lost, including killed, wounded aud prisoners, 3,000, ""') men. Do you think that wo intend to make foolish claims and send our children through another four years of war? Moreover, we shall have enough lo do during the age of man to control the new Russian country and secoro their mercantile and industrial influence Responsible German politicians only demand that the western powers shall give back our colonies. " GERMAN CAVALRY FROM RUMANIA IS MOVING WESTWARD LONDON, May 14. Reports from 1iege say that one cavnlry division from Rumania lias passed through Liege going westward, and that more troops from Rumania are expected on the Belgian front, says a dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph from Ameter dam. "Orders have been given for all other traffic on the railways lo stop in order to allow these troois to pasj," the correspondent adds. It is probable that the cavalry referred re-ferred to by the c,orrc.Kponde!vt beloneB : rf OFFENSIVE THUS FAR IS COSILY FAILURE: (Continued from Page One.) to the German forces which were operating oper-ating in Rumania, and have been released re-leased from that front through the signing of the peace treaty between Rumania and the central powers. |